Cannon Collection

Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, engraved by Charles Turner, 1809
XJF275662 Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, engraved by Charles Turner, 1809 (mezzotint) (b/w photo) by Stroehling

Recruitment poster, Join the Royal Artillery and know the pride of being a gunner. 1940s

Poster advertising Bernard Weatherill Ltd, civil and sporting tailors of Conduit Street and Cannon Street, London. A foxhunting scene on the village green is depicted

Royal Air Force de Havilland DH. 98 Mosquito FB Mk. XVIII
Royal Air Force de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk.XVIII PZ467 Tse-Tse. Armed with a 57mm (6 pounder) Molins quick-firing gun, the first Mk.XVIII was flown on 25 August 1943

British 25-pounder field gun by G. H. Davis
Considered at the time to be the best field gun in the world: the British 25-pounder

Emmeline Pankhurst a suffragette, on her way to Cannon Row after smacking Inspector Jarviss face. 1909

Battle of Lake Erie, War of 1812
British and American ships engaged in the Battle of Lake Erie, 1813. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Zazel / Human Cannonball
Zazel at the Royal Aquarium, London. " A beautiful Lady shot from a monstrous cannon." This is thought to be the earliest photograph of a human cannonball act

(1755-1804). Hamilton at Yorktown in 1781
ALEXANDER HAMILTON (1755-1804). Hamilton at Yorktown in 1781. Steel engraving, 1858, after a painting by Alonzo Chappel

Cutaway view of an American warship
Hull of an American man-of-war cut open amidships, showing deck plans and quarters, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Shirland Road, Maida Vale, London, with the Shirland Hotel (pub, now the Truscott Arms) on the left. Date: circa 1910

de Havilland Mosquito FBVI HJ732 / G
de Havilland Mosquito FBVI, HJ732/G, fitted with an experimental 57mm cannon

Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, England, UK

The sinking of the Mary Rose during the Battle of the Solent, 1545, 1778 (engraving)
BAL362926 The sinking of the Mary Rose during the Battle of the Solent, 1545, 1778 (engraving) (later colouration) by Basire

The Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 (oil on canvas)
XCR2069 The Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 (oil on canvas) by Stanfield, Clarkson R.A. (1793-1867); 262x462 cm; The Crown Estate; English, out of copyright

Battle of Long Island, New York, Revolutionary War
Retreat of American army from Long Island after defeat by the British, 1776. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

View Of Iguazu Falls From Brazilian Side, Parana State, South America

Cannon Beach, view from Ecola State Park, Oregon, USA

LCC-LFB Cannon Street fire station, City of London
Cannon Street fire station was opened in 1906. Seen here are its three appliances on the station forecourt

LCC-MFB, HQ station, Southwark SE1
The new headquarters of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) opened in 1878 under its Chief Officer Captain Eyre Massey Shaw

First English Civil War: Siege of Lathom House, 1644
Royalist stronghold Lathom House in Lancashire defies Parlimentarian pressure and raises the royal standard. The ensuing siege lasted three months, but was eventually lifted

USS " Constitution" being towed by the crew in rowboats away from the becalmed British Navy, War of 1812 Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Confederate charge up Little Round Top, held by the 20th Maine Regiment, Battle of Gettysburg, 1863. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th century illustration

American General Henry Knox
Revolutionary War General Henry Knox with some of his field artillery. Hand-colored engraving of a portrait

Carlisle Castle K961061
CARLISLE CASTLE, Cumbria. Two cannons on the wall walk with the 12th century keep in the background

The Battle of Ballinahinch, 13th June 1798, c. 1798 (oil on canvas)
TPG251597 The Battle of Ballinahinch, 13th June 1798, c.1798 (oil on canvas) by Robinson

Boy in school uniform with figurehead at seaside
Boy in school uniform with a ships figurehead at the seaside. Date: circa 1920s

Australia, Western Australia, Perth. Kings Park. Queen Victoria monument. Fraser Avenue, Lemon-scented gum tree lined road (Corymbia citriodora), planted in 1938. Swan River in distance

BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS. Defeat of the British Army by American troops under Major General Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans, 8 January 1815, during the War of 1812

The Battle of the Balloons. A fanciful image depicting four balloons with flags and sails, their passengers in close aerial combat. The opponents appear to be British and French. circa 18th century

Crew of the USS Constitution in battle, War of 1812
Deck of the US frigate " Constitution" engaging in battle with British " Guerriere, " War of 1812. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

15th New York Battery memorial, Gettysburg Battlefield
Memorial to the 15th New York Battery, Gettysburg Battlefield. Photograph

Admiral David G. Farragut in the rigging during the Battle of Mobile Bay, 1864, American Civil War. Hand-colored photogravure of a W.H. Overend painting

Moving artillery in the French and Indian War
Colonial artillery passing over Appalachian Mountains, French and Indian War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Darley illustration

Napoleon Bonaparte at the siege of Toulon
XEE4154777 Napoleon Bonaparte at the siege of Toulon, 1793 - Bonaparte au siege de Toulon (18 December 1793) engraving by Albert-Ferdinand Le Dru (1848-?) - Yeah

The Hoe, Drakes Island and Mt Edgecumbe from the Citadel, published by Newman & Co
KW310849 The Hoe, Drakes Island and Mt Edgecumbe from the Citadel, published by Newman & Co (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; Ken Welsh; English, out of copyright

French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Siege of Poitiers 24 July-7 September 1569. Huguenots
French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Siege of Poitiers 24 July-7 September 1569

Woolwich Barracks C1905
An illustration of the Woolwich Barracks, with two canons in the foreground

Hvar Fortress cannon and Hvar Town at sunset taken from the Spanish Fort (Fortica), Hvar Island, Dalmatian Coast, Adriatic, Croatia, Europe

Fort Moultrie on Sullivans Island, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, North America

Lighthouse from St. James Green, with cannon, Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cuban coastline and the Castillo del Morro, a fortess at the entrance to the Bay of Santiago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, 10 km southwest of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Gettysburg / Cassells
Picketts charge. Marking a turning point, this battle ended with a Union victory, but both sides suffered heavy losses

Cannon in Point Park overlooking Chattanooga City, Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States of America, North America

Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

French frigate, 1700s
Armed French frigate of the 18th century. Hand-colored woodcut of an illustration

Lamartine refusant le drapeau rouge devant l'Hôtel de Ville
Lamartine refusant le drapeau rouge devant l'Hotel de Ville, c.1848. Lamartine rejecting the red flag in front of the Hotel de Ville. Revolution of 1848, Paris

Passage Of The Biddasoa By Wellington's Army October 7th 1813, 1908 (Oil on canvas)
7306160 Passage Of The Biddasoa By Wellington's Army October 7th 1813, 1908 (Oil on canvas) by Beadle, James Prinsep (1863-1947); 180x117 cm; The Queen's Royal Hussars, Tidworth

Mountjoy at the boom
Vintage engraving from 1875 showing the armed merchent ships the Mountjoy and Phoenix breaking through the boom at the Siege of Derry, which place in Ireland in 1689

Siege of Derry by Jacobite forces
The Irish Catholic Jacobite supporters of deposed King James cut off the vital supplies needed by the Protestant supporters of William and Mary at the Siege of Derry in 1689

Dutch Warships (Naves BellicaeHollandicae), 1647. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Dutch Warships (Naves Bellicae Hollandicae), 1647

Anthony Payne The Cornish Giant, Sir Godfrey Kneller, Baronet (1646-1723)
Oil on canvas, English School, 1680. Anthony Payne (circa 1612-1691), The Cornish Giant, was 7 foot, 4 inches tall

Star Fort defended by a moat coming under siege, 1617-1619. From Utriusque cosmi...historia by Robert Fludd. (Oppenheim, 1617-1619)

BOXER REBELLION, 1900. British and Japanese troops engaging Boxer forces in battle at Tianjin, China. Color lithograph by Torajiro Kasai, 1900

Picketts Charge, Battle of Gettysburg
Confederates charge the Union lines at Gettysburg, 1863. Printed color lithograph

Sullivans Island bombarded by the British, 1776
American defense of Fort Moultrie on Sullivans Island, Charleston SC, 1776. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century F.C. Yohn illustration

Berwick Ramparts K981880
BERWICK RAMPARTS, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. View of the Elizabethan artillery fort. Cumberland Bastion with Brass Bastion in the distance

Deal Castle K971004
DEAL CASTLE, Kent. Cannon on the outer bastions with the keep beyond

Pendennis Castle K021944
PENDENNIS CASTLE, Falmouth, Cornwall. View of the Keep & Governors block from north east with mounted gun in the foreground

Charge of the Light Brigade
Clouds billow, cannons roar, horses hooves thunder and men are asked to give their all in hand to hand combat of the battle field

Naval Battle on the Mississippi, 1861 Civil War Engraving
Engraving of the great Naval battle on the Mississippi, passage of the Second Division of the Federal Squadron past St

Pedro de Alvarado y Contreras (ca. 1485 or ca. 1495-1541). Spanish conquistador and governor of Guatemala. Utatlan battle, 1524. 18th century engraving. Colored

First World War. Big Bertha M42
WORLD WAR (1914-1918). BIG BERTHA M42. German gun used to bombard Paris from over 100 km. away in 1918. Its gauge was 210 mm. and was 34 m. long

LEE AND HIS GENERALS. Robert E. Lee and his generals. Lithograph, 1867, after Augustus Tholey

WW1 - French 400 mm railway howitzer and artillery squadron
WW1 - Camo de mailly - French 400 mm railway howitzer and artillery squadron. The outbreak of the First World War caught the French with a shortage of heavy field artillery

Belgium Indepence - Patriotic Postcard
The first 80 years of Belgian Indepence (1831-1911) celebrated in this patriotic postcard featuring the King and other Royal family members past and present plus technological advances

Palais Princier, Monaco-Ville, Monaco, Europe

An 1895 American cartoon by F
VENEZUELA BOUNDARY, 1895. An 1895 American cartoon by F. Victor Gillam suggesting that the Cleveland administration was inattentive to British encroachment during the Venezuelan Boundary Dispute

West Point artillery drill, 1850s
Artillery practice at the US Military Academy, West Point, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

USS frigate " Chesapeake" engaging the British ship " Shannon, " War of 1812. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Enormous Russian cannon, 1800s
Russian artillery, the " Tsar Puska, " or emperor cannon, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Civil War artillery reenactors, Shiloh battlefield TN
Confederate artillery reenactors preparing to fire a 12-pounder Napoleon field cannon, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph

Confederate field artillery
Confederate artilleryman at his cannon, 1862. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

American siege of Yorktown, Revolutionary War
Washington directing the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, during the American Revolution, 1781. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Sea fight between the American ship Bonhomme Richard and the British HMS Serapis, 1779. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Great Crane at Woolwich Arsenal, south east London
The Great Crane at the Arsenal, Woolwich, south east London, used to lift sections of large guns

Greens Motors charabanc outing, Haverfordwest, South Wales
A Greens Motors charabanc outing, with five charabancs in total, makes its way through the streets of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Vintage photograph WW II - British Churchill tank
Vintage photograph World War II - British Churchill tank, Italian campaign, crossing of the Senio River

Charge of the Queens Bays against the Mutineers at Lucknow
SR20883 Charge of the Queens Bays against the Mutineers at Lucknow, 6th March 1858 (oil on canvas) by Payne, Henry A

Satire by Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) conducting an orchestra
JLJ4663862 Satire by Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) conducting an orchestra. Satirical print by Andreas Geiger, 1864. Private collection

Lord Methuen Rallying His Broken Forces at Tweebosch, 1902. Creator: Charles Mills Sheldon
Lord Methuen Rallying His Broken Forces at Tweebosch, 1902. Koos de la Rey ambushed Methuens column at Tweebosch on on 7 March 1902, Lord Methuen was captured by the Boers

Decorated Christmas tree with toys and food below. Date: circa 1890s

KNOX: ARTILLERY, 1776. The arrival of Colonel Henry Knox in the Continental Army
KNOX: ARTILLERY, 1776

Grand Harbour in Valetta
The Grand Harbour in Valetta (Valletta) Malta

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Join the Royal Artillery and be a part of history. This recruitment poster showcases the power and prestige of the cannon, a symbol of British military might. The British 25-pounder field gun by G. H. Davis is depicted in all its glory, ready to defend our nation. Step into the world of high fashion with Bernard Weatherill Ltd's advertisement featuring a stunning model draped in elegance, standing beside an ornate cannon. Even in couture, the cannon remains an iconic symbol. The sinking of the Mary Rose during the Battle of Solent serves as a reminder of both triumphs and tragedies that cannons have witnessed throughout history. An engraving from 1778 captures this pivotal moment forever etched in time. From land to sea, cannons have played crucial roles in battles like Lake Erie during the War of 1812. Witness their thunderous roar as they secure victories for their nations. Experience death-defying stunts with Zazel, also known as the Human Cannonball. Launching herself through space with only a cannon's force propelling her forward, she captivates audiences worldwide with her daring performances. Travel back to Shirland Road in Maida Vale, London where you can admire majestic cannons adorning historical landmarks - silent guardians reminding us of our past. Delve into naval warfare with cutaway views showcasing American warships armed to teeth with powerful cannons - symbols of strength on tumultuous seas. Emmeline Pankhurst fought tirelessly for women's rights but even she recognized that sometimes change requires firepower. Cannons were used metaphorically to break down barriers and shatter societal norms. Venture across oceans to Malta's Valletta where ancient fortifications stand tall against invaders - their cannons poised for defense since centuries past. Immerse yourself in Admiral Lord Nelson's heroic victory at The Battle of Trafalgar captured beautifully on canvas; his strategic use of cannons securing Britain's dominance at sea.